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Session 18 Part I – Held on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012

Changes in life, changes in our Church As the heading indicates our group continued but broadened their discussion of the changes in our church.  The discussion was lively and included such topics as the changes instituted by Vatican II, nuns … Continue reading

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Session 17 Part II– Held on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Part II – Gen. 10:1 – 32 – Table of the Nations It will help if you read the notes for this chapter, http://www.usccb.org/bible/genesis/10. The notes make the original meaning of the passage more accessible to us. To begin you … Continue reading

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Session 17 Part I – Held on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Part I – Change in Life, in our Church Since the topic of change occupied a significant part of our group’s discussion last Sunday, I thought it best to create two posts, the first of which will deal only with … Continue reading

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Session Sixteen – Held on Sunday, February 5, 2012

Focal point – does, should, the church change?  If our group is representative, two common reactions to the most recent changes in the Catholic liturgy: first is to think that they are merely changes in words and / or second … Continue reading

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Session Fifteen – Held on Sunday, January 29, 2012

Review of Session Fourteen Carol made two keen observations last week. First she noted that Noah has not said anything in this story.  And second, that we are told the names of the men but not the names of the … Continue reading

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Scholar emphasizes New Testament’s Jewish roots

A brief article http://usat.ly/xF1UjS  that points to the effort among scholars to create a much needed mutual understanding of people of different faiths; in this case, between persons of the Jewish and Christian faiths.  After all, Jesus was a Jew, … Continue reading

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Session Fourteen – Held on Sunday, January 22, 2012

Discussion of Sources of our Different Opinions Our group easily recognizes that people have different opinions on a whole array of things.  Some of those differences are matters of true and false, right and wrong.  And these kinds of differences … Continue reading

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Catholic Statements on Faith and Science and on the Authorship of the Biblical Account of Noah and the Flood

I wish to respond in a thoughtful way to the comments that address the very approach being taken in our adult study of the scripture. The comment http://rjr.richardross.annaerossi.com/?p=317#comments seem to make a number of assumptions.  I think one is that a … Continue reading

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Session Thirteen – Held on Sunday, January 15, 2012

Discussion of Website Comments The group discussed briefly the content of a comment concerning the literal interpretation of the biblical account of Noah and the Flood.  The group as a whole has found the adult study effort to be worthwhile … Continue reading

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Session Twelve – Held on Sunday, January 8, 2012

Review of Session Eleven: What would life be like if there weren’t differences among us? Well pretty boring; yet when differences are basic and in the area of faith, those differences are challenging. To rise to the level of our … Continue reading

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